Belt and buckle



Sept. 16, 1969 YORIYASU OCHIAI BELT AND BUCKLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FiledOct. 10. 1967 l NVENTOR y'o r/yasu Och/'a/ Sept. 16, 1969 Y YORIYASUOch-um 3, ,5

BELT AND BUCKLE Filed 001.. 10. 1967 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ,,-yasubaw- BY Same 'ATTUIW 5' United States Patent BELT AND BUCKLE YoriyasuOchiai, 5-14 Ryogoku 3-chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan Filed Oct. 10,1967, Ser. No. 674,281 Claims priority, application Japan, Oct. 13,1966, 41/94,878

Int. Cl. A41f 9/00 US. Cl. 2322 1 Claim ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Aband in the form of a belt for fastening clothing on a person, the bandbeing provided with a buckle which permits free and optional adjustmentof the band by a simple adjusting operation, the band being completelyfree from accidental loosening. The end of the belt 'is adapted to beinserted into a portion of the buckle and clamped in position in thebuckle by a movable member carrying pawls or clicks adapted to engagethe belt and wedge the belt against the portion of the buckle receivingthe end of the belt.

The present invention relates to a band or belt device for fasteningclothing on a person and more particularly to a band of the type inwhich the band is inserted in a buckle and the back face of the band isclamped by a clasp of the buckle so as to prevent slipping of the band.There have conventionally been available the bands of a type in which atongue of the clasp is inserted into one of the holes formed in thebelt, or a type in which loosening of the belt is arrested by frictionalresistance produced between the clasp and the belt. However, the band ofthe former type, which may be free from accidental loosening, isinevitably provided with the holes formed at regular intervals since itis unseemly to provide such holes in a close arrangement to each other,so that such band presents quite an unsatisfactory situation in respectof adjustment of the belt for individual users. While, the band of thelatter type is likely to produce casual loosening while in use and alsothe part of the belt where it is contacted with the clasp is graduallyabraded.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a band forfastening clothing which permits free and optional adjustment of theband with simple adjusting operation and which is completely free from"accidental loosening. 7

It is another object of the invention to provide a belt ice along theline 7-7 of FIG. 6;

FIGURE 8 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment ofthe belt of the present invention;

FIGURE 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing an embodiment of thebelt of the present invention laminated with a core leather partlyprovided with a dent;

FIGURE 10 is a longitudinal sectional view of a slide-arresting pieceadapted to be embedded in the dent of FIG. 9;

FIGURE 11 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a condition in whichthe slide-arresting piece is embedded in the dent;

FIGURE 12 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment ofthe belt according to the present invention;

FIGURE 13 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a condition in whichthe belt is inserted and fastened in the clasp of FIG. 1; and

FIGURE 14 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a condition in whicha belt of a conventional type is inserted and fastened in the clasp ofFIG. 1.

The invention will now be explained by following the accompanyingdrawings. The fastening band of the present invention, which isindicated generally by the numerical sign, 20, comprises a belt 30 and abuckle 40. The buckle 40 is provided with a belt receiving inlet port 22and the lugs 26, 27 of a movable member 25 are externally mounted onboth sides 23, 24 of said buckle 40 in such manner that said lugs 26, 27are rotatably secured to said sides 23, 24, respectively, of the buckle40 by a shaft 28. The shaft 28 is provided with one or more clicks orpawls 29 which are received in the click engaging ribbed part 31 of thebelt by the operation of a plate-like movable member 25, as discussedlater. At the opposite end of the belt receiving port 22 is pivotallycoupled a belt connecting metal fitting 32 to which the other end of thebelt is secured.

Referring to FIG. 3, it shows another embodiment of the buckle of thepresent invention in which the pivoted lug elements 46 integral to theclick operating member 25 clasp which perfectly holds in check the beltwhen fas'tened on the body, with no fear of accidental loosening, andwhich permits easy insertion or undoing of the belt.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a band forfastening clothing which, after having been inserted in the buckle,remains completely free from any accidental loosening or any damage tothe belt.

The novel features and structure of the present invention will becomeclear from the following descriptions and the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

FIGURE 1 is a detached perspective view showing in detail the tip of thebelt preparatory to being inserted into the buckle according to thepresent invention;

FIGURE 2 is a perspective view showing in detail the movable member ofthe buckle clasp shown in FIG. 1;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the buckleclasp;

FIGURE 4 is a side view of the buckle of FIG. 3, showing a condition inwhich the holder operating piece is raised;

are placed externally on both sides 43, 44 of the buckle body 60provided with a belt receiving port 42, and said elements 46 arepivotally secured, by means of pins 48 in an eccentric position on amovable shaft 47 spanned across and within the body 60. The movableshaft 47 is provided with a click or pawls members 49 which is engagedwith the belt 30, and on both sides 43, 44 of the body 60, there areformed the hook-shaped recesses 51 for receiving therein the lugs 50provided at both side edges of said click member 49. As in the case withthe previous embodiment, there is provided at the opposite end of thebelt receiving port 42 a belt connecting metal fitting 53 to which theother end of the belt is secured.

The belt 30 either has bonded near the end thereof a flexible materialhaving a zigzag or jagged configuration in section, or has formed nearthe end thereof a zigzag or jagged portion having ductility, of whichthe respective embodiments are shown in FIGS. 6 to 12.

FIG. 6 shows an embodiment in which a pectinated slide-arresting piece31 made of synthetic resin is pasted near one end of the belt. FIG. 8shows another embodiment in which one end of the belt is permeated withsynthetic resin and then formed with a pectination. In FIGS. 9 and 12are shown still other embodiments. The belt shown in FIG. 9 is composedby laminating a core leather 35 formed with a dent 34 onto the coreleather 33 of the belt, with a jagged or zigzag-surfaced slidearrestingpiece 31 adapted to be embedded in said dent 34. It is also so arrangedthat the top 36 of the jagged or zigzag formation will not protrudeabove the face 35 forming the back side of the belt. In this embodiment,two pieces of belt leather are pasted together and these core leathers33, 35 concurrently serve as the front dressing leather and the backdressing leather, respectively.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 12 is provided with a front dressingleather 37 and a back dressing leather 38 which are respectively pastedor sewed to the core leathers 33, 35. In this embodiment, since thecrests 36 of the slide-arresting piece 31 are arranged so as not toprotrude above the face 35 forming the back of the belt, the insertionor extraction of the belt into or out of the buckle can be smoothlyconducted without any hitching.

Now, the manner in which the present band for fastening clothing ispractically used will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 13.For inserting the belt 30 into the clasp assembly 40, the movable member25 is first raised to a position indicated by the chain line in FIG. 13,whereby the shaft 28 fixed to the lugs 26, 27 of the movable member 25is rotated, causing the click 29 secured to the shaft 28 to open to aposition indicated by the chain line. After the belt 30 has beensufficiently inserted through the belt inlet 22, the movable member isleveled down to its original position, whereby the click 29 of the shaft28 interlocks with the edge walls of the ribs 31 of the slidearrestingpiece provided in the belt, thus perfectly inhibiting loosening of thebelt. It is also possible to easily effect releasing or clasping of theclick by a simple raising or leveling operation of the movable memberwithout causing any damage to the belt.

In case of adapting the buckle of FIG. 3 for use in the belt of thepresent invention, the operational procedure is almost the same asdescribed for the buckle in FIG. 13. First, the click operating member45 is raised as shown in FIG. 4, whereby in cooperation of the movableshaft 47, the click 49 is opened, and under this condition, the belt 30is inserted through the inlet 42 into the buckle body 60 and at anappropriate position of the belt, the click operating member 45 isleveled down to the arrowindicated direction, thus allowing the lugs 50provided on the click 49 to fit into the hook-shaped recesses 51. Itshould also be noted that since the movable shaft 47 is pivotallysupported at an eccentric position by the pin 48, the lugs 50 arefinally rested at the terminal bent portions 51 of the hook-shapedrecesses 51 so that the click 49 cuts into the back face of the belt 30to inhibit the belt from getting loose. Thus in this embodiment, oncethe belt is clasped, the checking click 49 is firmly cut into the beltand the lugs 50 of the click 49 are fitted into the terminal bentportions 51' of the hook-shaped recesses 51, so that there is perfectlyno fear of incidental dislocation of the click 49 and consequentloosening of the belt.

The foregoing discussion was chiefly directed to a band composed byattaching a buckle to an end of the belt body having a slide-arrestingpiece bonded to the back side of the belt. The band of the presentinvention, however, is not restricted to the particular structuredescribed above; the buckle of the present invention may also besuitably adapted to a conventional belt. The manner in which the buckleshown in FIG. 1 is adapted to a conventional belt will be hereinafterexplained with reference to FIG. 14.

For adopting the buckle of FIG. 1 for use in a conventional belt, firstthe movable member 25 is lifted to the position indicated by the chainline in FIG. 14, whereby the click 29 secured to the shaft 28 mountedbetween the lugs of said movable member 25 is opened to a positionindicated by the chain line. After the belt 30 has been sufficientlyinserted through the belt inlet 22, the movable member is leveled downto its original position, whereby the click 29 of the shaft 28 is alsoleveled down with the shaft 28 and driven into the back face of the belt30 like a wedge, thus inhibiting loosening of the belt.

. What is claimed is:

1. A band for fastening clothing on a person, said band comprising abelt and a buckle, said belt having transverse ribs on one surfacethereof at one end thereof, said buckle having a hollow body withopposed holes intermediate the ends thereof and having hooked shapedrecesses at one end thereof intersecting the open bottom edges of thesides of the open bottom of the body of the buckle, a pawl assemblypivotally connected to the buckle body, said assembly including a roundpivoted shaft carrying a pawl member in the hollow opening in the bucklebody, an actuating device for the pivoted shaft including a plate-likemember above the buckle body with depending lugs overlapping the sidesof the buckle body, pivot pins extending through openings in the lugsand sides of the buckle body and fixed in the ends of the pivoted shaft,eccentric to the axis thereof, whereby movement of the plate-like memberis imparted to the pivoted shaft and pawl member for interlocking thepawl member with a belt extending through the hollow body of the buckle,said pawl member carrying lateral lugs adapted to be swung into therecesses in the sides of the buckle body for interlocking with the edgewalls of said recesses.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,067,830 7/1913 Moore 2-325 X1,408,281 2/ 1922 F ailey 2-322 1,420,604 6/ 1922 Allen 2-322 2,054,8409/ 1936 Statham 24-2062 2,341,371 2/ 1944 Frank 2-338 2,410,759 11/1946Saller 2-338 3,112,496 12/1963 Dritz 2-322 3,113,362 12/ 1963Petruzziello 24-2062 5 JORDAN FRANKLIN, Primary Examiner GEORGE V.LARKIN, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. XJR. 2-338; 24-2062

